July 31, 2013

Today is a day for naps,
green tea lattes and a twine
bookmark tucked inside The Bell Jar.

You gather rain in your breath--
    I hear you singing,
    wringing out your voice
    on the front porch

as I write next to window-light
about espresso and yew trees.

Faint shadows lace the walls,
    they hint at hallelujah

and your cedar voice
draws my pen from the page.

Reviews

[Dana Alsamsam]

green tea lattes are so yummy. and the belljar is lovely. the images that this brought into my mind just made me smile because they sound a bit like heaven to me. this whole thing was an easy and simple portrayal of a happiness and a little comfortable romance. these lines particularly stood out to me:

"Faint shadows lace the walls,
they hint at hallelujah"

beautiful! i love that image of shadows lacing the walls. i'm glad you posted a new piece- i always love your writing!

[eglantine]

Aw, thanks! Yeah, it's been awhile--my writing just seems to be stoppered up currently.

[Simon Welsh]

Hello Miss Plath! Nice to see ;)

[eglantine]

haha thank you!

[Leslie Philibert]

I am running out of words to describe how brillantly eglantine writes....
full of literary nods to Plath with the Bell Jar and yew trees, poetry al la Plath and Olds I like to describe as confessional. A fantastic poem.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Lovely write...simple, yet ladden with many great images. I find that your writing is always great for providing me with a ticket to another place and time; your details are always very sensory. Also enjoyed the form of this one--simple, clean and stylish, and made for a strong cadence and flow. Nicely written.

[eglantine]

Thank you very much :)

[Glen]

ah, I like this....a day captured perfectly in a well chosen language...thank you for sharing this.

[eglantine]

And thank you for reading

[K. Louis]

sounds like an ok day to me! long time no see. I like the faint shadows on the walls.

[eglantine]

Thank you for reading!

[beautiful dreamer]

nicely done :) long time no see missy!

[eglantine]

Thank you and yeah, I fear my muse has been avoiding me. My writing just seems to suck lately.

[Jack...]

Very nice and soothing my friend. 6th line, "our" I think "out" ?

[eglantine]

yes, you are right. I fixed it, thank you